Manor Romance

Chapter 21 Cherry Tomatoes

Someone once described the climate in Southwest China as follows: cool in spring, hot in summer, cool in autumn, and cold in winter. This is a rough division, and each season has a distinct perceived temperature.

But what is interesting is that this change is not a one-way gradual change, but a tortuous process. From summer to autumn, you can feel the change from hot to refreshing, but the hot feeling will not disappear all at once, refreshing Taste, can not always experience.

When one day, you can no longer find a trace of heat, and the refreshing taste fades away, and winter is coming.

Today's bamboo building has undergone great changes compared with when it was first built.On the northeast side of the bamboo building, there is a simple greenhouse built with bamboo and transparent plastic film. It is in the shape of a square bar. Yunli puts all the flower seeds bought at the flower and bird market into it to cultivate.On a whim, Yunli also named the greenhouse, engraved the three characters "Jifangyuan" on the wooden board, and hung it at the entrance with straw vines.

Due to limited space and funds, Jifang Garden is not very big, and there are not many flowers and plants cultivated in it. When you walk in, the first thing you see is the long bamboo row in the middle made of long thick bamboo tubes. Each bamboo tube There are two circular openings on the bamboo joints, and the bamboo tubes are filled with nutrient solution, and some strawberry plants are sparsely grown on it. They look good, but there are very few flowering ones.

The facilities in the park are very simple. There are a few small solar lamps hanging on the ceiling for heating. A mercury thermometer is hung on the supporting bamboo in the middle. It is dual-purpose, it can not only detect the temperature, but also display humidity of the air inside.

On both sides of the garden, there are long bamboo tubes for hydroponic cultivation. From bottom to top, there are four layers of inclined bamboo tubes, and the interval between each layer is about one-third of a meter to ensure the light and growth space of the plants.Now there are some unknown flowers and plants growing sporadically on it, and the growth is gratifying.

Continue to walk inside, and you can see various potted plants, as well as small experimental fields separated by low fences, with various unknown flower seedlings growing on them.

These are all the results of Yunli's establishment of Jifang Garden. Obviously, soil cultivation is much smoother than hydroponics. It may be the first time he has come into contact with hydroponics. Yunli hasn't gotten the hang of it yet, but he has also summed up some experience. , I believe that a few more batches of plants can be tested, and a bigger step forward can be taken.

In the yard, the lawn seeds sown earlier have already yielded quite a lot of results. Before, it was bare mud and sand, but now it has been replaced by patches of green lawn. Although some places have not fully grown, Yunli is already very satisfied. up.

Now whether it's eating, reading or resting, as long as there is no wind or rain, Yunli likes to do these things on the lawn. For him, there is nothing more pleasant than this.

On the northwest side of the bamboo building, the few fruit trees planted before are still the same and have not changed much.On the edge of the dwarf bamboo fence in the yard, ryegrass was planted before, but now it has been replaced by various exotic flowers and plants. Although it is not the flowering season yet, you can still see some small flowers that are proud of the season, attracting many people. Few insects stop and play.

On the south side of the farmland, the [-] acres of potato fields that were originally planted had been harvested two weeks ago, and now a new batch of potato seedlings have been planted, expanding the area to [-] acres.

As expected, the [-] acres of potatoes have greatly improved compared with the first batch, both in terms of yield and the proportion of high-quality potatoes.Thirteen acres of white-skinned potatoes, with a total output of more than [-] catties, with an average yield of about [-] catties per mu, an increase of nearly [-] catties per mu compared with the first batch.In terms of the proportion of high-quality products, high-quality products and high-quality products each account for one-third, which is quite outstanding.

And the two acres of experimental purple heart potato field performed well. The two acres of land produced a total of four thousand catties of purple heart potatoes, and the proportion of high-quality products was just half. For the variety of purple heart potatoes, it was quite Not bad anymore.

It was Lao Luo and his wife who came to buy potatoes. Because of the large output this time, Qiang Zi also came to help.After seeing Yunli's achievements, Lao Luo did not hesitate to praise him, and praised Yunli as the Buffett of the planting industry and Yuan Longping of the potato industry.

Although this exaggeration is a bit outrageous, Yunli's performance in planting ability has completely convinced everyone these days. Many farmers want to get close to Yunli, learn from the planting experience, and hope to get Yunli's advice.

The reason for this achievement is due to the electromagnetic force, which is the cornerstone of Yunli's success, but it cannot be ignored that without Yunli's hard work and patience, this achievement would not have been achieved.

Although Yunli can't share the electromagnetic force, he has studied the growth laws and habits of potatoes quite deeply, and he can be regarded as a half-expert. He is also willing to share these experiences with everyone, discuss planting experience together, and exchange ideas study.Gradually, in the eyes of the villagers, Yunli is no longer an outsider, and even those farmers who often come to Xiaolushan to do odd jobs have regarded Yunli as a small backer, and they only look after him.

Thirteen acres of white-skinned potatoes had 6 yuan in the account, and the two acres of purple-skinned potatoes had nearly 1 yuan in the account.The price of purple heart potatoes is much higher than that of white-skinned potatoes. The purchase price of high-quality potatoes is about [-] yuan, and the price of high-quality Lao Luo is [-] yuan, and the price of medium-quality potatoes is more than [-] yuan.

In terms of profit, growing purple-heart potatoes is a little more expensive than white-skinned potatoes, and with the accumulation of planting experience, there is still room for this gap to widen. Therefore, the planting allocation of the latest batch of twenty-acre potatoes is, Skin potatoes and purple heart potatoes each account for half, making progress steadily.

The five-acre experimental field will continue to be reserved. During this period of time, crops have gradually matured in the field. Although the number is not large, the purchasing station is still willing to purchase, and it is not troublesome at all.Lao Luo also assured Yunli that even if there were only three feet of agricultural products, they would be there on call.

After observing during this period of time, Yunli has a general understanding of the crops in the experimental field, and has also summed up the corresponding planting plan. In the end, small tomatoes were selected as the latest batch of crops to try to grow in large quantities.

Tomatoes, also often called cherry tomatoes, originated from South America on the other side of the ocean. According to legend, some people began to plant cherry tomatoes in my country during the Han Dynasty.

The name of cherry tomatoes also has a lot of origins.Legend has it that during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, one autumn, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fell ill, and the doctors were helpless, and the whole palace was anxious.One day, a court lady named Sheng found a fiery red fruit growing on a certain plant in the back garden, and she plucked it for the imperial concubine to see.

The imperial concubine didn't know what it was, and she couldn't find an answer when she asked the imperial physician. She was confused and helpless, but the voice of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came. Everyone ignored the fruit, put it on the table and went to see Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.Unexpectedly, after a gust of breeze, the fiery red fruit turned into a puff of green smoke, which floated into the bedroom of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Within a few days, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty miraculously recovered from his illness.

No one knows the reason, and no one remembers the fiery red fruit. Only the maid saint has been thinking about it, but after walking all over the harem, she can't find it anymore.In the autumn of the second year, the harem garden was full of that fiery red fruit. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty learned that it was the latest discovery of the maid saint, so he named it "Saint Fruit".

The authenticity of this legend has not been investigated, but scientific research shows that cherry tomatoes do have healing effects.Its fruit contains special substances, which can promote development, enhance the body's resistance, delay aging, and even have the miraculous effect of preventing cancer.Because of this, for modern people who advocate a green and healthy life, the cherry tomato is very popular and is a treasure among fruits.

Cherry tomatoes are very adaptable, can be grown in many places, and the growth time is short, the plant life is long, and they can be picked in multiple seasons. All of these are in line with Yunli's requirements.Today, the nearly eight acres of land adjacent to the west of the potato field have planted cherry tomato seedlings. If there is no accident, the first batch of harvest will be available in the next spring.

Yunli chose a variety called ruby. This variety is characterized by heat and humidity resistance, strong adaptability, high yield, and long harvesting period. The most important point is that it is resistant to storage and transportation.Here, the efficiency of freight circulation is not high, and the fresh-keeping technology is not perfect. It takes a certain amount of time to transport agricultural products from the fields to the market and supermarket shelves. The more durable the agricultural products are, the better they can preserve their value.

On the southernmost field ridge, the two rows of papayas are growing well, already half the height of an adult, but there is still a long time to go before flowering and fruiting.

The more than [-] mu of arable land is the maximum that Xiaolu Mountain can use now. Further west, it is all dry land, and there are no wells to dig, so there is no hope for it for the time being.During the rainy season, Yunli sowed many ryegrass seeds in this area, but they failed to grow much. It seems that the matter of water diversion is imminent.

It has been a while since the wooden magnetic array has been laid. Although it has not shown much effect, the transplanted red cedar trees have quickly adapted to the climate in the southwest region. Coupled with Yunli's careful cultivation, I believe it will not take long. Can play its due effect.

Yunli also used cuttings to cut suitable branches from those big red cedar trees, and cultivated a large number of red cedar saplings, more than a hundred in number, in preparation for the expansion of the wood magnetic array in the future.In addition, he also bought a batch of persimmon trees and sweet orange saplings, and injected electromagnetic force into them like the redwood trees, hoping that they could become the carrier of the wood magnetic array like the redwood trees.

Among the fruit trees, persimmon trees and sweet orange trees are considered to be the ones with taller trunks, and according to Yunli's test, both trees can absorb electromagnetic force well and keep them running in the body, although they are not as good as redwood trees. But it can also meet his requirements.

Yunli still needs to do more experiments to build more diverse wooden magnetic arrays. This is very important. He can't pin all his hopes on the redwood wood magnetic arrays. There are more choices. , the room for him to play is also much wider, with no harm at all.

(End of this chapter)